Brunswick Town NSDAR Recognized at State Conference

More than thirty chapters and individual awards were presented to Brunswick Town

Chapter NSDAR at the North Carolina DAR conference in Durham in late April. The chapter, which was founded in 1976 has approximately 180 members and several applicants under review at the national headquarters.

The awards follow:

Chapter Awards

 Tri-color Ribbon Chapter Yearbook

 Community Classroom

 America 250! Quilt Block Project

 For Participation in the Genealogical Records Committee

 Outstanding Historic Preservation

 Promotion of Flag in Community Events

 Pollinator Gardens

 Treasurer’s Stellar Performance

 American Indians Committee

 Honorable Mention, PR and Media – Habitat for Humanity Community Service 2022

 Print Coverage 2022

 American Spirit Magazine Subscriptions, 2022

 CAA Tricolor Level

 Support of State Crossnore Book Project

 DAR Project Patriot

 Chapter Participation in Project Records Project

 Outstanding use of Media in Promoting the Message of DAR

 Bringing Constitution Week to Schools and Students

 Using Media to Promote Constitution Week

 Providing Programming for Constitution Week

 Promoting Constitution Week with Local Leaders

 Sharing Constitution Week with the Community

 Chapter Library of Research Books

 Chapter Book Club

 Programs on DAR Library

 Book Reviews in Chapter Newsletter

 DAR Library 125 th Anniversary

 DAR Museum Outreach

 America 250! For Grave Marking

Individuals

• Teresa McLamb, Phyllis Wilson, Caron Myers – Outstanding Work on the Computer,

2022

• Vicki Elam, Martha Morgan – Participation in the 7th year of the Patriot Records Project

• Vicki Elam, Martha Morgan Patriot records Project Challenge, 2022

• Harriette Bode, Emma Lou Hannan, Judy Holden, Jane Johnson, Keidra Koenig, 

Marilyn O’Brien, Mary Sands, Pat Steele, Marsha Stewart – Member of the Evergreen Readers

Book Club

• Carol Jutte – 1st Place submitting 234 GRC pages of Bible Transcription Records

• Carol Jutte – Outstanding Page support at the State Conference Memorial Service

• Judy Holden, Outstanding Service to NCSDAR State Chaplains Group and District VII

Daughters of the American Revolution is a service organization founded in 1890 for women who can prove direct, blood lineage from a Revolutionary War Patriot. The organization promotes patriotism, education, and historic preservation. DAR is a nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer organization with more than 185,000 members in 3000 chapters across the world. There are more than 100 chapters in North Carolina. Members across the nation contributed more than 3.3 million service hours in 2021.

The Brunswick Town Chapter has several members who descend from Patriots who lived in Brunswick County while fighting for our country’s independence. The chapter’s membership descends more than 700 proven Patriots from the original 13 colonies. Chapter information is available on the Internet at the following URLs:https://www.ncdar.org/Brunswicktown_files/index.htmlhttp://darbrunswicktownchapter.blogspot.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brunswick-Town-Chapter-NSDAR/567707516627257  

Outstanding work on the computer L-R Caron Myers, Teresa McLamb, Phyllis Wilson

Evergreen book club L-R Pat Steele, Judy Holden, Mary Sands, Keidra Koenig, and Jane Johnson

1st Place submitting bible transcriptions; outstanding page L-R Chapter Regent Martha Koletar, awards recipient Carol Jutte

Candlewick Awards Presented to Brunswick Town Chapter NSDAR at the May meeting 2022

L-R Cheryl Lambert, Teresa McLamb, Martha Koletar, Dee Antonio. Not pictured: Joan Hall

Candlewick Awards were presented to five members of Brunswick Town Chapter NSDAR at the May meeting for their community service work in 2022. 

Chapter members tally their community service hours on the national website. Many activities qualify – everything from reading to school children to planting a pollinator garden to helping veterans.

The Candlewick Award for burning the candle at both ends is awarded annually by the Brunswick Town Chapter.

The awards went to Cheryl Lambert with 725 hours, Teresa McLamb with 612 hours, Joan Hall with 608 hours, Martha Koletar with 579 hours and Dee Antonio with 480 hours.

Nationally, DAR members recorded 6,591,957 hours. DAR’s service mission includes historic preservation, education, patriotism, community service and DAR work.

 

Jill Leach Honored for Community Service at the May 2023 Brunswick Town DAR Meeting

 

Brunswick County resident Jill Leach received NSDAR’s Community Service Award for her nonprofit Birthday Wishes Ministry for children. She was nominated by Brunswick Town Chapter NSDAR, and presented with the award at the chapter’s May meeting.

The organization teams with Matthew’s Ministry to provide birthday gifts for children in financially challenged families. The children are selected through the county’s Backpack Food Program and the gifts are distributed in these backpacks by the school during the child’s birthday week.

Leach’s idea quickly garnered community support, and she applied for 501 ©(3)non-profit status in February 2021. Her application was approved, and she has held numerous fundraisers by auctioning off her own beautiful artwork with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity. She has also received support from various clubs in the Winding River Plantation community where she lives.

During the first year, 75 students at two elementary schools benefited from her kindness. This year, she has helped approximately 500 children in nine Brunswick County Elementary schools. Her hope is to expand into additional schools and possibly foster care organizations.

The idea came to Leach during the Christmas season when she and her husband buy gifts for young families in the area. One year, a mother asked if they would mind wrapping one of the gifts in birthday wrap as she had not yet bought her young son a birthday gift and was going to be short on her rent for the month. The idea quickly became a reality with the guidance of Leach and her husband.

Daughters of the American Revolution is a service organization founded in 1890 for women who can prove direct, blood lineage from a Revolutionary War Patriot. The organization promotes patriotism, education, and historic preservation.

DAR is a nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer organization with more than 185,000 members in 3000 chapters across the world. There are more than 100 chapters in North Carolina. Members across the nation contributed more than five million service hours in 2022.

The Brunswick Town Chapter has more than 175 members, several of whom descend from Patriots who lived in Brunswick County while fighting for our country’s independence. The chapter’s membership descends from more than 700 proven Patriots from the original thirteen colonies.

 

                 Jill Leach holds the award certificate presented by the Brunswick Town Chapter